8 July 2024/
BHARAT BANGLADESH ART FEST KOLKATA 2024
BHARAT-BANGLADESH ART FEST 2024 – a collaborative exhibition organised by Santiniketan Kala Bhavan Praktoni (SKBP) and Bangladesh Artist Group, Dhaka is on show at Academy of Fine Art, Kolkata from 7 July 2024 till 12 July 2024. Many eminent artists are participating in the first-ever massive joint festival with an aim to foster cultural bonds between talented artists of the prestigious art schools, Dhaka Art College, Bangladesh and Kala Bhavan of Santiniketan.
“In order to explore the similarities and differences in content and styles, the current initiative for the art festival and exhibition held by Santiniketan Kalabhavan Practoni (SKBP) and Bangladesh Artists Group, aims to enhance the partnership, particularly in fine arts. Both Shilpacharya Jainul Abedin, the founding principal of Dhaka Art College and Shilpacharya Nandalal Bose, the founder principal of Kala Bhavan of Santiniketan, the first modern art school outside the colonial Government art schools in India founded by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, are examples of modern art school founders: they are from Bangladesh and India, respectively,” says President of SKBP Dr. Janak Jhankar Narzary, eminent sculptor who has worked with many monumental creative sculptures including in 24 cities of fifteen countries of the world.
“It will be a great opportunity for art lovers of Kolkata to experience the art of various artists of Bharat and Bangladesh. I extend my congratulations to all the participating artists of SKBP, the Bangladesh Artist Group and the invited artists from both nations on behalf of Santiniketan Kala Bhavan Praktoni (SKBP), a partner in this collaborative mega event,” he added.
Dr. Janak Jhankar Narzary, Prof. Rokeya Sultana, Jogen Chowdhury, Dipika Saha, KMA Quayyum, Falguni Mukherjee, Prof. Hamiduzzaman Khan, Sudip Banerjee, Ganesh Haloi, Ketaki Roy Choudhury, Chowdhury Imrul, Gautam Khamaru, G.m Khalilur Rehman, Anand Kumar Ghose, Prof. Sufia Begum, Tandra Bahdra, Najma Akter, Trina Chatterji, Nasima Masud Ruby, Anita Bhattacharya, Manoj Sarkar, Sunanda Sanyal, Pranab Mitra Chowdhury, Prof. Prabir Kumar Biswas, Samir Aich, Tapas Konar, Jugal Sarkar, Koeli Mukherjee Ghose, Yuvraj (Zahed A. Chowdhury), Arpita Sen Gupta, Matilal Kalai, Sahida Akter, Ivy Zaman, Rinku Deb (Das), Jaya Boro, Dipak Kumar Ghosh, Uttam Kumar Barua, Bikash Acharjee, Parthapratim Deb, Santanu Chakraborty and many more eminent artists are participating in the Show.
Other eminent artists participated include Haren Thakur, Jaison V. C, Inasri Mullick, Beenu Bhatia, Nanda Dulal Mukherjee, Krishna Dutta, Anup Kr. Sarmah, Popi Banerjee, Abdul Mannan, Manoj Kumar Prajapati, Rathin Kanji, Shyamal Kumar Nath, Sisir Sahana, Argha Bhattacharya, Babita Das, Ajoy Sen Chowdhury, Prokash Kumar Banik, AmitMd Kumar Dhara, Sheema Barua, Rasel Kanti Das, SM Wahiduzzaman, Tamali Dasgupta, Sandip Bhattacharya, Sanchita Sengupta, Debashis Maity, Moumita Das, Sukanta Chowdhury, Mukulendu Pathak, Biswajit Saha, Arpita Kar, Mohammed Rafiq, Soumya Bhaduri, Md. Atiqul Islam, Anita Dutta, Nilkanta Mondal, Sumit Guha, Saiful Islam, Joydeep Bhattacharjee, Shyamali Chaliha, Subrata Das.
“My sincere gratitude to Bangladesh Artist Group President Mr. Saiful Islam for his vision and drive in putting together this first-ever joint massive show at the Kolkata Academy of Fine Arts,” says Dr. Janak Jhankar Narzary, renowned sculptor of International repute who published more than 40 research papers in many International journals.
The International show – BHARAT BANGLADESH ART FEST KOLKATA 2024 was inaugurated on 7 July 2024.
